The Browns kick off the month of December with their second of two consecutive home games as they host the Titans in Week 14. Cleveland is 3-9 on the season while Tennessee is 1-11 heading into the matchup.

"Big game on Sunday at our place," head coach Kevin Stefanski said. "Obviously, have to play our best, have to play complementary football, which is a big emphasis for us every week. Certainly, big emphasis for us this week to do all those things that you do in a football game to keep yourself ahead of it, if you will. So, we've got to do a great job, winning field position on special teams, taking the ball away on defense, getting stops, and offensively doing a nice job of taking care of ball and scoring points."

Here are three burning questions heading into Week 14.

How will the Browns pressure QB Cam Ward?

The Browns' defense will face the first overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft when QB Cam Ward and the Titans come to Huntington Bank Field. This season, Ward has completed 246 of 412 passing attempts for 2,351 passing yards and seven touchdowns. He has also thrown six interceptions, been sacked 48 times through 12 games and fumbled the ball nine times.

"Probably one of the biggest things for us is we really got to be disruptive in the middle of the pocket because he's given up a lot of fumbles this year also," defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said. "It's one thing to take sacks, but you turn a sack into a fumble. I mean, sacks are game changing plays, forced fumbles in the pocket, huge plays. So, we'll need stuff like that also."

The Browns have excelled at applying pressure to opposing quarterbacks, ranked second in the league with 43 sacks and have a total of 86 quarterback hits. They have also forced 11 fumbles this season and recovered six.

If the Browns can continue to pressure Ward and bring him down behind the line of scrimmage for the sack, or cause him to fumble as he looks to scramble, they can keep points off the board for a Titans' offense that averages the fewest points per game at 14.2.

"I see a quarterback that has all the tangibles. He has a strong arm. He throws the deep ball pretty well. He's been under pressure, 48 sacks is a lot of sacks," S Grant Delpit said. "We're going to try to continue that disruption of the pocket and stuff like that. We have a monster D-line, so we're just playing behind them at the end of the day, and we're looking to dominate anybody, whether it be a rookie or a vet."

How will the Browns' special teams units contain WR Chimere Dike?

The Browns' kick return and punt return units have endured their struggles over the course of the season and will have a challenge ahead of them in Week 14 as they face Titans returner Chimere Dike.

"First off, great kid," assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Bubba Ventrone said. "Really enjoyed coaching him that week at the Senior Bowl. Really, really good skill set, fast, good ball skills, good ball security. Very good vision. Has the ability to run every type of return out there. So, we will have to do a good job."

This season, Dike has recorded 17 punt returns for 361 yards. He is averaged 21.2 yards per punt return, and his longest return of the season is for 90 yards. Dike has scored two touchdowns on punt returns this season. He also has 50 kickoff returns this season for 1,283 yards. His longest kickoff return was for 71 yards, and averages 25.6 yards per return.

The Browns have given up two touchdowns on special teams this season, as well as big returns. In Week 10, the Jets scored on a 99-yard kickoff return and a 74-yard punt return in the first quarter. Then in Week 14, they gave up a 66-yard punt return in the first quarter to set the 49ers' offense up in a short field to score on their next drive.

"We need to just do a better job of making a tackle," Ventrone said. "Even in the game, we have multiple bodies at the spot, at the point of attack. Just got to find a way to make a tackle and our players understand that. They know their responsibilities and what they're asked to do. We just need to execute at a higher level."

How will the Browns utilize the run game?

Offensively, the Browns have another opportunity to use the run game and help move the ball into scoring position. While Cleveland only averages 98.5 rushing yards per game, ranked 27th in the league, the Titans' defense gives up an average of 127.6 rushing yards per game, ranked 22nd in the league, and 4.6 yards per carry.

RB Quinshon Judkins has handled a majority of the carries throughout the season with 196 carries for 758 rushing yards and seven touchdowns, averaging about 3.9 yards per carry.

Balancing the use of the run game can create opportunities for the offense to find success in the pass game as QB Shedeur Sanders starts his third consecutive game. The Browns found that balance in their scoring drive in Week 13 against the 49ers, in which they used nine consecutive run plays to move the ball downfield before Sanders connected with TE Harold Fannin Jr. on a 34-yard touchdown pass.

"That was a big-time play. You have your chance running the ball, you take a shot, and he stepped up and made those plays," G Joel Bitonio said.

That same type of approach can allow Sanders to find his spots as he continues to build his connection with his pass catchers and use his throwing arm. In his first two starts, Sanders completed 27 of 45 passing attempts for 358 passing yards and two touchdowns.

"(Just) go out there and see it and just hit it," Sanders said. "Trust my eyes, understand everything that I've been studying. And the game, I'll say, is slowing down a little bit for me, and just trust what I see."